[PC-NCSG] Fwd: [liaison6c] Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 17 January 2013 at 20:00UTC
Robin Gross
robin
Wed Jan 9 02:06:20 EET 2013
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Glen de Saint G?ry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: January 8, 2013 9:49:51 AM PST
> To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [liaison6c] Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 17
> January 2013 at 20:00UTC
>
> FYI
>
> Dear Councillors,
>
> Please find the draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 17
> January 2013 at 20:00 UTC posted at:
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/calendar#jan
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-17jan13-en.htm
>
> And on the Wiki (where you will find the latest updates)
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda-17
> +January+2013
>
> Tomorrow, 9 January 2013 is the deadline for motions and they will
> be posted on page:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+-+17
> +January+2013
> Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 17 January 2013
> This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating
> Procedures approved 13 September 2012 for the GNSO Council and
> updated.
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/gnso-operating-procedures-13sep12-
> en.pdf
> For convenience:
> An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is
> provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
> An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the
> absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of
> this agenda.
> Meeting Times 20:00 UTC
> http://tinyurl.com/ado9n7t
> Coordinated Universal Time 20:00 UTC
> 12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington; 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris;
> 09:00 Wellington (next day 14 January 2013)
>
> Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members.
> Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial
> out call is needed.
> GNSO Council meeting audio cast
> http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u
> Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
> 1.1 Roll Call
> 1.2 Statement of interest updates
> General updates and/or for specific current agenda items.
> 1.3 Review main changes.
> 1.4 Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per
> the GNSO Operating Procedures:
> Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 20 December 2012 were approved
> effective 2 January 2013.
> 1.5 GNSO Pending Projects List
> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
> Review main changes.
> Comments and/or questions.
> Item 2: Opening Remarks from Chair (5 minutes)
> Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics
> Item 3: Consent agenda (0 minutes)
>
> Item 4: MOTION ? Any motion submitted by 09 January 2013 (10 minutes)
>
> Description of motion
>
> Link to motion
>
> 4.1 Reading of the motion (Proposer).
> 4.2 Discussion of motion and next steps.
> 4.3 Vote (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house).
>
> Item 5: MOTION ? Any additional motion submitted by 09 January 2013
> (10 minutes)
>
> Description of motion
>
> Link to motion
>
> 5.1 Reading of the motion (Proposer).
> 5.2 Discussion of motion and next steps.
> 5.3 Vote (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house).
>
> Item 6: INFORMATION - GNSO Council Review and SIC Update (15 minutes)
>
> In Toronto, the Chair of the SIC provided an overview of a new
> framework for future independent review efforts at ICANN. The GNSO
> was used as a case study to describe the effort because it is the
> first Supporting Organization lined-up in the next review cycle.
> Staff will brief the Council on the set of criteria metrics for
> GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and the work underway
> to develop metrics for the Council and the Working Group Model of
> policy.
> 6.1 Update from Staff (Rob Hogarth)
> 6.2 Discussion
> 6.3 Next Steps
>
> Item 7: UPDATE - Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Strawman Proposal
> and Defensive Registrations Discussion (20 Minutes)
>
> ICANN?s CEO has requested GNSO Council input on the Strawman
> Proposal recently developed through the TMCH related
> implementation discussions, which has been posted for public
> comment.http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/
> announcement-30nov12-en.htm. ICANN?s CEO additionally requested
> Council input on the joint proposal from the Business Constituency/
> Intellectual Property Constituency (BC/IPC) for a ?limited
> preventative registration mechanism? which is also currently
> available for public comment. A subsequent note (19 December 2012)
> from ICANN?s CEO clarified the desired deadline for input to be no
> later than 22 February 2013.
>
> Related to this discussion is the Staff briefing paper (http://
> gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287) to the GNSO Council on the topic of
> defensive registrations at the second level, in response to a
> previous request from the New GLTD Committee (2012.04.10.NG2). The
> New GTLD Committee requested the GNSO to consider whether
> additional work on defensive registrations at the second level
> should be undertaken.
>
> The Council is to continue to discuss: (i) a response to the ICANN
> CEOs request, and (ii) to consider whether to undertake any
> additional work related to the BC/IPC proposal and/or the Staff
> briefing paper, on the topic of second level defensive registrations.
>
> 7.1 Update
> 7.2 Discussion
> 7.3 Next Steps
>
> Item 8: UPDATE - Response to the GAC Letter (20 minutes)
>
> The GAC has sent a letter to the GNSO Council with regard to the
> initiation of a PDP on the IGO/INGO issue, and specifically
> requesting a rationale for undertaking a PDP i.e. an explanation as
> to why GNSO believes this issue should be evaluated through a PDP
> rather than simply executed as an implementation process. The
> Council has sent an initial response and now needs to move ahead
> with developing a full response.
>
> This is a discussion item.
>
> 8.1 Update
> 8.2 Discussion
> 8.3 Next steps
>
> Item 9: INFORMATION & DISCUSION ? Policy vs. Implementation (20
> minutes)
>
> The recent letter from the GAC as well as activities relating to
> work on the Trademark Clearinghouse, highlights a broader issue
> regarding the boundary between policy development and
> implementation work as well as the effective integration of policy
> development and integration work from the outset.
>
> Recent discussions on the Council mailing list indicate that there
> is an interest to undertake further work on this issue. At the same
> time, ICANN Staff has published a paper (include link when
> available) that is intended to facilitate further community
> discussions on this topic.
>
> 9.1 Update from Staff (Marika Konings)
> 9.2 Discussion
> 9.3 Next steps
>
> Item 10: UPDATE - ATRT2 Developments (5 minutes)
>
> The call for applicants to serve on the next Accountability and
> Transparency Review Team (ATRT) has been extended until 14 January
> 2013. (See: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/
> announcement-03dec12-en.htm ). An update on the process and next
> steps to provide GNSO Council endorsements of applicants will be
> provided.
>
> This is a discussion item.
>
> 10.1 Update (Wolfe-Ulrich Knoben)
> 10.2 Discussion
> 10.3 Next steps
>
> Item 11: Any Other Business (5 minutes)
>
> Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article
> X, Section 3)
> 9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto,
> or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a
> GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple
> majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below
> shall apply to the following GNSO actions:
> a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more
> than one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House.
> b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as
> described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than
> one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one
> House.
> c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of
> GNSO Supermajority.
> d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an
> affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more
> than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.
> e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires
> an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority.
> f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team
> Charter approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve
> an amendment to the Charter through a simple majority vote of each
> House.
> g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of
> a Final Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for
> significant cause, upon a motion that passes with a GNSO
> Supermajority Vote in favor of termination.
> h. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority:
> requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and
> further requires that one GNSO Council member representative of at
> least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation.
> i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires
> an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority,
> j. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain
> Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies
> that "a two-thirds vote of the council" demonstrates the presence
> of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to
> be met or exceeded.
> k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final
> Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be
> modified or amended by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority
> vote.
> l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the
> Council members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one
> House and a majority of the other House."
> Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4)
> 4.4.1 Applicability
> Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of
> Council motions or measures.
> a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);
> b. Approve a PDP recommendation;
> c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or
> ICANN Bylaws;
> d. Fill a Council position open for election.
> 4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within
> the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the
> meeting?s adjournment. In exceptional circumstances, announced at
> the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or
> extend the time to 7 calendar days, provided such amendment is
> verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.
> 4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate
> absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide
> reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee
> ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-
> based interface, or other technologies as may become available.
> 4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements.
> (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is
> initiated.)
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> Glen de Saint G?ry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>
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